Fastway (album)

Fastway is the debut studio album by British heavy metal band, Fastway, released in 1 April 1983.

Fastway
Studio album by
Fastway
Released1 April 1983
StudioMarcus Music and Maison Rouge Studios, London, UK
Genre
Length41:58
LabelColumbia
ProducerEddie Kramer
Fastway chronology
Fastway
(1983)		 All Fired Up
(1984)
Singles from Fastway
  1. "We Become One"
    Released: 1983
  2. "Easy Livin'"
    Released: 1983
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal10/10[2]

Founding member Pete Way (ex bass guitar player with UFO) did not play on the album, because by the time the recording sessions began Way left the band.[3] He soon formed another band, Waysted. The bass guitar parts on the album were actually played by the session bass guitarist Mickey Feat, who is uncredited on the album.[3]

The album has been reissued as a two-fer with the second Fastway album, All Fired Up; however, that edition omits the song "Far Far from Home", bonus track featured on the standalone CD release of the first album.

UK-based record label Rock Candy Records has since re-issued the album with additional liner notes and bonus tracks, including B-sides and BBC sessions.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Fastway

Side one
  1. "Easy Livin'" - 2:47
  2. "Feel Me, Touch Me (Do Anything You Want)" - 3:27
  3. "All I Need Is Your Love" - 2:32
  4. "Another Day" - 4:41
  5. "Heft!" - 5:38
Side two
  1. "We Become One" - 3:59
  2. "Give It All You Got" - 3:01
  3. "Say What You Will" - 3:20
  4. "You Got Me Runnin'" - 3:04
  5. "Give It Some Action" - 4:11
  6. "Far Far from Home" - 5:29 *

* Originally, "Far Far from Home" was a separate promotional single, included in the first vinyl LP pressings. It was not on the original cassette versions, and not included in subsequent LP editions, but is included as a track on the compact disc edition.

Personnel

Fastway

Additional musicians
  • Mick Feat - bass guitar (uncredited)

Production
  • Eddie Kramer - producer, engineer, arrangements with Fastway
  • Alan Douglas, Tim Hunt - engineers
  • Howard Gray - assistant engineer

Charts

References
  1. Adams, Bret. "Fastway - Fastway review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  2. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 117–118. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  3. "Fastway". Fast Eddie Clarke Official Website. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  4. "Fastway Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  5. "Fastway Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  6. "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 38, No. 20, July 16 1983". Library and Archives Canada. 16 July 1983. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  7. "Fastway Billboard Singles". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
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